Monthly Archives: December 2018
Realtors want to pay off school lunch accounts
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
EASLEY — An effort is underway to pay off school lunch balances at all the Liberty-area schools.
The office of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices C. Dan Joyner Realtors in Easley wanted to do something to give back to the community, according to broker in charge Jennifer Hicks.
“We as a group got together and said ‘What do we really want to do?’” she said. “We kind of threw a couple of ideas out there of different fundraisers we could do, but who doesn’t love kids?”
Once the idea to pay off lunch accounts was brought up, the office was all in.
“This is our future, these children,” Hicks said. “If we don’t nourish their
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Couple asking for help for emergency housing for needy
PICKENS — A local couple is asking for the public’s help funding emergency housing for people in need this holiday season.
Jimmy and Helen Dodgens have been working hard to help find a home for Cathy and Katie Green, whose home was destroyed by two fallen oak trees during a tornado in June.
The Greens have been living in a small motor home for the past four and a half months, Helen Dodgens said, but they were recently served with an eviction notice, and an appeal in magistrate court on Monday was denied. After the appeal was denied, according to Dodgens, the Greens were given
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Courier Obituaries 12-5-18
Ola Chapman Garrett
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS — Ola Chapman Garrett, 92, passed away Nov. 22, 2018.
She was born July 5, 1926, and was one of six children born to Mr. and Mrs. J.H. Chapman of Liberty, and was the last surviving child. She has been a San Antonio resident since 1963 and was active in Trinity Baptist church for many years.
Mrs. Garrett was a devoted Army wife married to Maj. Cleo Garrett for more than 70 years. Due to her husband’s career military status, they lived in many places over a span of 22 years before military retirement in July 1967. They lived in Germany, Japan, South Carolina, Georgia, Indiana, New Mexico and Missouri before finally settling in San Antonio. She held her family together during three wars while her husband was away.
She is survived by two sons, Clifton H. Garrett of San Antonio and Earl T. (Charleen) Garrett of Abilene, Texas; two grandchildren and eight great-
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Gravely named to North-South team
PICKENS — Blue Ridge Electric recently recognized six football players from Upstate high schools as participants in the 2018 Touchstone Energy Bowl, also known as the North-South game.
These young men were selected from a pool of approximately 450 nominations statewide. Each player received a trophy as recognition for their outstanding athletic ability exhibited on the football field.
Among the players selected to represent the North team was Pickens High School senior lineman Braden Gravely.
Blue Ridge also recognized T.L. Hanna’s Devonte Jones, Wren’s Tyrell
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George Bush stood for time-honored American values in a changing world
With the passing of former President George Herbert Walker Bush on Friday, the last of the leaders of the “greatest generation” has left the 
national stage. His is a great loss, and the outpouring of affection for the man and what he stood for is a well-deserved tribute.
Known to his family as “Poppy,” the nation’s 41st president, who served from 1989 to 1993, was also the last of the patrician presidents of the 20th century, a man in the mold of Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin Delano Roosevelt and John Fitzgerald Kennedy, like them a product of a wealthy
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Courier Letters to the Editor 12-5-18
Council must exercise oversight
Dear Editor,
I am sure many have read about the school board race in Dacusville. On Tuesday, Nov. 8, about 3,450 votes were cast in the race, and Phil Healy got 20 more votes than Alice Hendricks Vander Linden.
Hendricks Vander Linden protested the election. The county election commission threw out the result, and it appears to be heading for a new election.
The voting machines were programmed incorrectly and had the wrong ballots on them in a total of eight precincts. Three of those precincts were in this Dacusville school board district (Crossroads, Nine Forks and Dacusville precincts).
While the machines were down, from 7 a.m. to about 9:30 a.m., voters
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Smelling the last rose of summer
Just last week, the day before the temperature went down to freezing, I was 
out near the hen house looking at the new laying hens and noticed that there was a rose in full bloom on Jo Jo’s rose.
This rose was planted in memory of the late Jo Jo, our loyal rat terrier who died in 1999. It’s planted next to the tomato shed, and water draining from the utility sink keeps the earth around it moist. In addition to the blooming rose were two buds. One was just about to unfurl its petals, and the other was a bud I knew would be killed before blooming.
The proper real name of the rose is the Queen Elizabeth. It has bloomed every year since Jo Jo’s death, and it has the sweetest fragrance. A good bloomer, it is always a source of flowers for the house.
So I snipped all three and brought them into the kitchen, where they ended
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Pickens Festival of Trees open at Colonial House
PICKENS — Starting this week, the Colonial House Bed and Breakfast is hosting the first-ever Pickens Festival of Trees.
The Festival of Trees opened Tuesday after the Christmas tree lighting in Legacy Square and will run throughout the month of December. Along with viewing the Festival of Trees, children and families can also come for a picture with Santa through Dec. 23. Santa’s official calendar can be
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Veterans Day celebration held at Pickens Senior Center
On Nov. 12, the Pickens Senior Center honored local veterans for their years of service to our country. The event was held at the Hagood Center. The program of honor began with the presentation of the flag followed by the Pledge of Allegiance and the National Anthem. A Veterans Table and Boots, Rifle and Helmet were on display to remind attendees of those who have fought for our country, but are listed as prisoners of war or are no longer with us. A number of patriotic songs were sung prior to Charlie Tapp’s presentation, “Recognition of Veterans.” Tapp invited veterans to share any comments they wished, prior to the retirement of the flag and a closing prayer. After the ceremony, all veterans were invited to remain for a group picture and lunch. Seated are Jim Pace, Navy, WW2; Michael O’Cain, Air Force; Marion Aiken, National Guard and Navy; Raymond Dawkins, Army; George Boney, Army and Air Force; Carl Porter Army; Margie Reeves, Air Force; Earl Reeves, Army and Guy Hester Army. Standing are Stanly Morgan, Navy; Glen Grant, Air Force; Evan Chastain, Air Force; Harry Moraska, Army; Charlie West, Air Force; Terry Houston, National Guard; Ron Day, Navy; Bob Carver, Army; Dale Davis, Army; Leroy Johnson, Air Force; Charlie Tapp; Tommy Porter, Army; Richard Authur; Billy Singleton, Navy Air Corp; Jack Holcombe, Navy/Army MP; David Gravely, Army; Henry Kirkland, Mariners; Frank Richie, Army; and Donnie McKinney, Navy.
Courier Calendar of Events 12-5-18
• Amazing Grace to hold early services
Ron Grant will perform a special Christmas program at the Hagood Community Center auditorium at 7 p.m. this Saturday, Dec. 8. Grant will share funny stories, jokes and music for the entire family. Grant is performing as a fundraiser for the Hagood Center, and community support is appreciated. Tickets will be $5 at the door.
As an extra benefit for those attending, there will be a soup and sandwich pre-concert meal in the dining room from 5-6:45 p.m. Cost of the meal will be $5 at the door.
• Amazing Grace holiday program set
Amazing Grace Fellowship located at 229 Pearl St. in Pickens will be hosting a Christmas program called “What Child is this” on Sunday, Dec. 16, at 6 p.m. Everyone is invited to attend and worship and enjoy the Christmas season.
• Pickens Concert Choir to perform
The Pickens Concert Choir will present its third annual Christmas concert on Sunday, Dec. 16, at 3 p.m. at the Holly Springs Center at 120-B Holly Springs School Road in Pickens, just off U.S. Highway 178 north of
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